Checkmate

Russian Meaning

шах и мат

полное поражение

поражение

делать мат

наносить полное поражение

парализовать противника

расстраивать планы

English Meaning

  1. To attack (a chess opponent's king) in such a manner that no escape or defense is possible, thus ending the game.
  2. To defeat completely.
  3. A move that constitutes an inescapable and indefensible attack on a chess opponent's king.
  4. The position or condition of a king so attacked.
  5. Utter defeat.
  6. Used to declare the checkmate of an opponent's king in chess.